Apple employees authorize first strike in U.S. retail locations, face retaliation. Petitions for union elections up 35% from Oct 1 to March 31 compared to same period last year. ( www.washingtonpost.com )
GDC: One year, we decided let’s share salary numbers, because we felt some of us weren’t getting paid enough. So we shared this information and we all ended up getting really nice raises that year ( www.gamedeveloper.com )
Kenya: Facebook hides behind subcontractors to skirt labor law, employees unpaid for over 8 months ( jacobin.com )
Argentina: Milei says 40k participated in general strike, organizers say 1.5M ( publicservices.international )
Amazon UK management rejects union leaflets on warehouse tables, arguing “it could pose a hazard,” despite the fact that Amazon has been posting leaflets on each table in the warehouse ( novaramedia.com )
UAW charges Mercedes, in Germany, with violation of German law and human rights. Every Mercedes plant in the world is unionized except the two in the US ( uaw.org )
Amazon Canada: we are seeing Amazon roll out its despicable union busting tactics just like it has around the world. But we know the solution is global worker solidarity ( uniglobalunion.org )
Canada: Town banned every member of union from public buildings - “This is not about what the issues are on the table anymore – or maybe it never was. This is a power struggle” ( pressprogress.ca )
Texas: strike at Molson Coors - six years of profit increases while offering $1 raise ( www.iuf.org )
Nickelodeon exploits desires to work on "dream jobs": Getting in and realizing it paid the same as or less than most retail jobs was horrifying. ( labornotes.org )
First physician-led union in Delaware formed, largest private sector physician union in US ( www.msn.com )
Washington state: farm workers excluded from union and collective bargaining rights, face retaliation for standing up against mushroom company. In solidarity, ILWU refuses to load company shipments ( www.thestand.org )
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union ( www.just-food.com )
UAW victory at Volkswagen an inspiration to create more democratic workplaces across the world... the workplace is the forge for democracy, from where it spreads to enrich society ( www.ituc-csi.org )
Disneyland: Magic United to vote to unionize, performer wore black contact lenses that stained her eyes gray, paid less than someone in union ( finance.yahoo.com )
Union worker not protected from suspension during strike, British law ruled in violation of European Convention on Human Rights after 5 years ( www.reuters.com )
Airbus Canada union votes 99.9% to reject latest offer, 99.6% voters rejected first offer ( montreal.ctvnews.ca )
Amazon Birmingham goes on strike just weeks after open: recognize union, end poverty pay ( www.gmb.org.uk )
"Aramark makes billions and billions of profit every year, and they don’t want to treat us right" - employee works three jobs at three venues, can barely afford diabetes medication ( www.inquirer.com )